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  • Public has its say today on school issues

    Polls close at 9 p.m. as residents vote on budgets, candidates. By: Jeff Milgram    Now it’s up to the voters.    Residents of the Princeton Regional, West Windsor-Plainsboro and Montgomery Township school districts will join those of 547 other districts in the state and go to the polls today to elect school board members and approve…

  • Jamesburg voters overwhelmingly defeat spending plan

    BREAKING NEWS: 68 percent of voters cast ballots against budget. By: Al Wicklund    Residents defeated a proposed $10.24 million budget Tuesday night that carried with it an 8.2 percent increase in school taxes.    The plan, which called for a tax hike of 43 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, was defeated 267-128, sending it to…

  • Record-setting mayor takes a breather

    Donald Matthews has served 21 consecutive years on the Montgomery Township Committee. By: Paul Sisloak    MONTGOMERY — In 1982, Don Matthews answered a knock at his door from residents Walter Raymond and then-mayor Ted Lubas asking him to run for the Township Committee.    Upon accepting their offer, Mr. Matthews had no idea that 21 years…

  • A Little Jewel

    The Tin Angel, an intimate listening room in Old City Philadelphia, has been showcasing emerging artists for more than a decade. By: Matt Smith    On a cold Sunday evening, the streets and sidewalks of Philadelphia’s hip Old City neighborhood are all but empty. Everyone who’s anyone is crammed into the Tin Angel, the tiny 115-seat…

  • Three win seats in Northern Burlington

       Voters in Northern Burlington voted James Foley, 220 votes, Henry Strasser, 280 votes, and James Nucito, 516, to three-year seats on the school board. By:    Voters in Northern Burlington voted James Foley, 220 votes, Henry Strasser, 280 votes, and James Nucito, 516, to three-year seats on the school board.    If voters approve the $27.9 million…

  • Shultz urges Japan’s rearmament during talk at PU

    Proposing a means to bring North Korea into line. By: Jeff Milgram    As Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state, George P. Shultz took hard lines against terrorism and the threat to American medical students on the island of Grenada.    In a September opinion piece in the Washington Post, Mr. Shultz came out strongly in favor of…

  • Voters defeat Washington school budget

    Joseph Armenti joins incumbents Flo Gange, Faith Silvestrov and Patrick Foti on school board. Washington voters defeated this year’s school budget by a vote of 1,186 votes to 896. Of the township’s 6,474 registered voters, 2,120 turned out to vote Tuesday. There were a total of four seats up for election on the school board…

  • 2003 borough budget pared down

    Tax rate increase now projected at 4 to 5 cents. By: Jennifer Potash    By cutting additional expenses, Princeton Borough may be able to lessen the 2003 municipal budget’s impact on taxpayers beyond what was originally anticipated.    With the recent elimination of $120,000 in municipal spending, Borough Administrator Robert Bruschi said the tax rate increase is…

  • Delaware Township school budget passes

    Mumford, Pulkowski, Warren win school board seats. By: Budget Yes 490 No 472 School board — 3 seats Catherine Mumford 482 Joseph Pulkowski 416 Thomas Warren 389 Lawrence Wohl 387 Ted Ellis 373